JSEMS - BE ACTIVE

Physical activity plays an important role in our daily lives! Professional and amateur athletes practice sports to achieve their goals and enjoy their passion. People with mainly other interests than sports, are physically active as well when they go to work, meet friends, do the household etc.

During sport activities, injuries can happen, and they do. According to a study from Denmark, there is almost 20% prevalence of sport injuries per year1. Moreover, physical inactivity is not healthy and contributes to the development of chronic diseases. Kohl et al. report it as the fourth leading cause of death worldwide2.

Physicians with diagnostic and therapeutic skills are needed, so that sport injuries are treated properly and best advice concerning physical inactivity is given.

With our Junior SEMS (Sports and Exercise Switzerland) association, we try to give medical stu- dents an insight into sports medicine and raise the consciousness of this topic in the prevention of chronic diseases.

We like to take this chance and present our next event: The Student’s Day! It is going to take place on the 25th of October 2023 in Interlaken and will consist exciting lectures (e.g. the adult knee injury, experience with Swiss Football team in Qatar etc.), hands-on workshops, a short sports session and a tasty dinner! It’s our main annual event, so if it is not possible for you to join this year, there are a lot of interesting topics waiting for you next year ;)

If you’re looking for more activities in the meantime, check out our online events and the upcoming podcast through our website (https://sems. ch/junior-sems) or Instagram (_jsems).

Lots of Love to everyone and stay active, Junior SEMS

2Kohl